When dealing with forms of artistic expression, like how a director or actor views a specific scene in a story, people can often go off the rails. A scene that may look good or intense on its own can end up being downright cringeworthy and overacted when put together with the rest of the movie. But even then, sometimes directors double down on that scene and keep it in. Let’s take a look at some iconic movie scenes where they probably should’ve just reshot it.
The Monologue (Battlefield Earth)
Monologues can really lift a movie up, but not if that movie is Battlefield Earth. It’s one of those movies where everyone that has seen only a screenshot of it instantly knows “yeah this is pretty bad.” The monologue takes that badness and, well, lifts it up several notches. We can’t blame Travolta for this, but I bet he blames his agent.
Martha (Batman v Superman)
The whole concept of two superheroes that find themselves thinking they own the whole truth and they’re on the right side of justice suddenly seeing eye to eye because their moms share a name is ridiculous. The way the scene is played out makes it even more ridiculous. And honestly, it could’ve been a moderately entertaining movie otherwise.
Not The Bees (The Wicker Man)
Granted, it’s hard to pick just one Nicolas Cage movie to put on this list, but even with the entirety of Ghost Rider in the back of our minds it’s hard to find anything that matches the bee scene in The Wicker Man in terms of sheer cringe. It’s got that typical Nic Cage delivery which just makes the entire thing oddly hilarious.
